ACTIVITIES AND PROCESS
HWE members run a wide range of processes for recycling, recovery and disposal of hazardous waste:
→ Regeneration of solvents, mineral oils, chromic baths, fuels
→ Water recycling
→ Recovery of metals by pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes
→ Recovery of other materials (soils, plastics, scrap metals, …)
→ Energy recovery
→ Physico-chemical treatments
→ Biological treatments
→ Incineration – evapo-incineration – evapo-concentration
→ Management and treatment of PCBs
→ Landfill
Hazardous Waste Management situation in 14 EU countries
A few months ago, willing to support the provisions of the waste framework directive dealing with hazardous waste management, the EU Commission requested the consultant BIPRO to assess the hazardous waste management situation in 14 Member States, with a special focus...
HAZARDOUS WASTE EUROPE welcomes the Study for the strategy for a non-toxic environment published by the European Commission
[box] European legislation should impose decontamination of polluted waste before recycling, according to the Study for the strategy for a non-toxic environment of the Commission.[/box] HAZARDOUS WASTE EUROPE welcomes the [button...
HWE present at the COP1 of the Minamata Convention
A few weeks after the entry into force of the [button link="http://www.mercuryconvention.org/Convention/tabid/3426/language/en-US/Default.aspx" type="icon"] Minamata Convention on Mercury[/button] (16 August 2017), the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties...
Highlight on high quality recycling: HWE in the spotline at the EU Commission’s conference on plastic
On 26th September, a numerous number of stakeholders among them representatives of industries, European federations, civil society, national public authorities and EU institutions gathered for the conference “Reinventing plastics – Closing the circle” in view of the...
Entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
European parliament sent a strong political message for a sustainable circular economy!
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SENT A STRONG POLITICAL MESSAGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY!
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HWE members are present throughout the entire hazardous waste treatment chain. Thus, after collecting the waste, they characterise it in order to provide the most appropriate treatment for the protection of the environment and health. Two solutions are therefore envisaged :
→ if it is technically and economically feasible to decontaminate the hazardous waste, then it is recycled and the extracted hazardous substances are disposed of in accordance with environmental regulations
→ if it is not technically and economically feasible to decontaminate the hazardous waste, then it is disposed of entirely, in order to prevent the release of the hazardous substances it contains into the environment or into the recycled products.